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“The most dangerous creation of any society is the man who has nothing to lose.”

James A. Baldwin · Society

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James A. Baldwin

Pessimists are the people who have no hope for themselves or for others. Pessimists are also people who think the human race is beneath their notice, that they're better than other human beings.

Hope

James A. Baldwin

I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.

Love

James A. Baldwin

Education is indoctrination if you're white - subjugation if you're black.

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James A. Baldwin

Money, it turned out, was exactly like sex, you thought of nothing else if you didn't have it and thought of other things if you did.

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